PULSE Copy link • PULSEMotion of an artery or vein, arteriarum or venarum pulsus (the beating of the pulse in the arteries or veins): arteriae or venae (arteries or veins themselves): Our pulses beat incessantly, venae micare non desinunt: the pulse is weak, arteriarum (venarum) exigui imbecillique pulsus sunt; beats irregularly or flutters, venae non aequis intervallis moventur; is quick, pulsus arteriae est citatus: it is a natural pulse, venae naturaliter sunt ordinatae (Cels.): to trust the pulse, which is very deceitful, venis maxime credere, fallacissimae rei: to make the pulse beat quicker, venas concitare, or resolvere, or movere, or turbare (all Cels., 3, 6): a slower, quicker pulse, venae leniores, celeriores (venae leniores celerioresve sunt et aetate et sexu et corporum natura; Cels.): to feel anybody’s pulse: (α) PROP., pulsum venarum attingere (Tac.); aliquem or alicujus manum tangere (Plin.); alicujus venas tentare (Suet.); apprehendere manu brachium (Cels.). (β) IMPROP. = to sound a man, aliquem tentare. A leguminous plant, legumen.